Mine is a story of a male champion for women’s rights. I have devoted a significant part of my professional life promoting gender equality and women women’s health rights in Uganda. I am a women’s rights campaigner who, through insightful and well-researched articles in the media, have brought to national and international attention issues affecting girls and women that would otherwise be ignored. These include women and girls’ education, health, and violence againstwomen.
My work began with a real-life experience. I grew up in a community where domestic violence against women was rampant and acceptable. I witnessed first-hand the struggles teenage mothers go through when my own cousin was rejected by her own family when she conceived at age 16. She was condemned and harshly treated. Sometimes she was denied food and instead her portion was given to us, the boys. But out of compassion, my other sister and I would secretly give her a portion of our food. I wished I had my own house where I could shelter her. But I was a little boy, about nine years old. There was not much I could do.
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